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Business Writing - 2 days

'Every organisation needs to encourage good writing for at least three reasons. Firstly, it is efficient ... secondly, it is economical ... thirdly, good writing gives a favourable impression of the organisation'
AGPS Style Manual

Objectives

This course covers the essentials for professional, competent and effective business writing. It covers many different kinds of business writing, from e-mail etiquette to letter writing and proposals.

Make your writing compulsive reading! This course will ensure your writing is lively, understandable and interesting. The course will help write correctly, clearly and concisely. If you need to make your documents readable, understandable and to catch your reader's eye, this course is for you.

Expected outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

Write more clearly
Write correctly
Write to reach an objective

so that your writing is read and understood by all.

Audience

This course is aimed at all business people who use any form of correspondence in their day to day work.

Prerequisites

The only prerequisite is basic competence in English.

Outline

Planning your writing

Setting objectives
Know your audience
Research
Structuring your writing
Inductive / Deductive arguments

Writing correctly

Spelling strategies
Essential Grammar
Proper Punctuation
Plain English
Active and Passive voice

Style

Style guides
Style sheets
Corporate style

Tone

Formal / Informal

Appearance

Layout
Fonts, borders and shading
Whitespace
Columns, snaking

Types of writing

e-mail
Letters
Requests
Proposals

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